State roster

Top names in Vermont

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Vermont birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,463 Vermont births in 1953 across 273 distinct names.

Distinctively Vermont

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Vermont more than they say America.

#68Claireoutside the national top 200
#59Dana#178 nationally
#81Roland#191 nationally
#89Maurice#198 nationally
#92Brentoutside the national top 200
#79Candace#180 nationally
#97Stuart#185 nationally
#80Reginald#165 nationally
#78Leo#162 nationally
#90Robin#160 nationally
#51Bernard#119 nationally
#88June#155 nationally

Girls

#1Mary174US #1
#2Linda172US #2
#3Susan154US #5
#4Deborah101US #3
#5Patricia101US #4
#6Nancy94US #8
#7Debra92US #7
#8Donna77US #13
#9Barbara75US #6
#10Pamela74US #10
#11Diane70US #17
#12Karen67US #9
#13Sandra65US #11
#14Cynthia64US #12
#15Sharon64US #15
#16Kathleen59US #14
#17Brenda56US #18
#18Carol52US #16
#19Cheryl50US #28
#20Elizabeth48US #21
#21Judith42US #30
#22Gail39US #39
#23Jane38US #43
#24Martha36US #41
#25Ann35US #46
#26Bonnie35US #45
#27Jean33US #52
#28Margaret33US #20
#29Janet31US #19
#30Joan30US #37
#31Christine29US #32
#32Anne27US #80
#33Catherine27US #35
#34Darlene27US #75
#35Elaine26US #77
#36Rebecca26US #24
#37Janice25US #22
#38Kathy25US #23
#39Sheila24US #60
#40Denise23US #31
#41Paula23US #40
#42Joanne22US #71
#43Joyce22US #26
#44Judy22US #27
#45Marie21US #86
#46Marilyn21US #36
#47Shirley21US #29
#48Theresa21US #50
#49Julie19US #74
#50Kathryn19US #48
#51Ruth19US #62
#52Sally19US #81
#53Diana18US #55
#54Dorothy18US #49
#55Jacqueline18US #58
#56Laura18US #51
#57Lorraine18US #118
#58Betty17US #33
#59Beverly17US #34
#60Constance17US #95
#61Ellen17US #76
#62Gloria17US #38
#63Lynn17US #67
#64Marlene17US #128
#65Valerie17US #88
#66Carolyn16US #25
#67Virginia16US #53
#68Claire15
#69Dianne15US #109
#70Katherine15US #63
#71Marcia15US #84
#72Maureen15US #92
#73Suzanne15US #78
#74Cathy14US #56
#75Sherry14US #70
#76Charlene13US #113
#77Helen13US #65
#78Sarah13US #93
#79Candace12US #180
#80Jeanne12US #97
#81Roberta12US #90
#82Rosemary12US #147
#83Terry12US #117
#84Wendy12US #110
#85Alice11US #73
#86Annette11US #145
#87Colleen11US #115
#88June11US #155
#89Laurie11US #103
#90Marsha11US #83
#91Peggy11US #44
#92Robin11US #66
#93Rose11US #59
#94Teresa11US #42
#95Anita10US #89
#96Doris10US #87
#97Frances10US #72
#98Jill10US #114
#99Joann10US #121
#100Louise10US #125

Boys

#1Michael252US #3
#2David236US #5
#3Robert188US #1
#4James177US #2
#5John175US #4
#6Richard148US #7
#7Gary140US #10
#8Thomas104US #8
#9William94US #6
#10Paul88US #16
#11Stephen87US #21
#12Steven82US #11
#13Mark72US #12
#14Daniel68US #20
#15Donald67US #14
#16Ronald66US #15
#17Edward63US #23
#18Peter60US #38
#19Charles57US #9
#20Timothy56US #26
#21Douglas53US #27
#22Bruce47US #28
#23Kenneth44US #17
#24Dennis43US #19
#25Jeffrey41US #25
#26George40US #22
#27Joseph39US #13
#28Brian37US #53
#29Wayne35US #40
#30Alan34US #43
#31Kevin34US #36
#32Patrick34US #39
#33Raymond34US #34
#34Roger29US #31
#35Gregory28US #24
#36Francis27US #90
#37Dale26US #48
#38Larry26US #18
#39Lawrence26US #37
#40Philip25US #61
#41Christopher24US #63
#42Gerald24US #42
#43Andrew23US #68
#44Arthur22US #50
#45Randy19US #35
#46Roy19US #55
#47Henry18US #54
#48Norman18US #98
#49Anthony17US #32
#50Allen16US #81
#51Bernard16US #119
#52Stanley16US #62
#53Walter16US #45
#54Albert15US #69
#55Dean15US #105
#56Rodney15US #58
#57Terry15US #30
#58Bradley14US #118
#59Dana14US #178
#60Jerry14US #29
#61Eric13US #89
#62Ernest13US #87
#63Frank13US #33
#64Frederick13US #80
#65Kim13US #127
#66Randall13US #64
#67Keith12US #47
#68Craig11US #60
#69Gordon11US #116
#70Jack11US #57
#71Martin11US #82
#72Ralph11US #59
#73Scott11US #46
#74Barry10US #73
#75Danny10US #41
#76Jay10US #99
#77Lee10US #93
#78Leo10US #162
#79Leon10US #137
#80Reginald10US #165
#81Roland10US #191
#82Theodore10US #112
#83Alfred9US #104
#84Clifford9US #102
#85Duane9US #132
#86Harold9US #56
#87Howard9US #77
#88Matthew9US #130
#89Maurice9US #198
#90Robin9US #160
#91Warren9US #124
#92Brent8
#93Earl8US #96
#94Louis8US #78
#95Marc8US #144
#96Russell8US #71
#97Stuart8US #185
#98Allan7US #153
#99Carl7US #44
#100Curtis7US #86

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑47Randy#45
↑42Roy#46
↑42Henry#47
↑31Ellen#61
↑30Constance#60
↑30Marlene#64
↑26Dorothy#54
↑26Jacqueline#55

Falling

↓48Louise#100
↓47Carl#99
↓46Suzanne#73
↓42Harold#86
↓39Colleen#87
↓33Craig#68
↓31Scott#73
↓27Howard#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.